Protection for Registrations Under Long Service Leave Schemes for Construction and Cleaning Workers
Portable Long Service Leave Legislation Amendment Bill 2024
Legislative Assembly
Legislative Council
Assent
Topics
building and construction contract cleaning employee rights employment rights long service leave
Introduced by: The Hon Sophie Cotsis MP (ALP); The Hon Daniel Mookhey MLC (ALP)
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Effects of this bill
If this bill passes, it means that:
The Debate
What different members said when this bill was debated:
Damien Tudehope LIB
“The Opposition supports the Portable Long Service Leave Legislation Amendment Bill 2024, which makes minor amendments to the Building and Construction Industry Long Service Payments Act 1986 and the Contract Cleaning Industry (Portable Long Service Leave Scheme) Act 2010 to address a technical issue which has arisen in the intended operation of those Acts.”
Abigail Boyd GRN
“I indicate that The Greens support the Portable Long Service Leave Legislation Amendment Bill 2024.”
Bob Nanva ALP
“I speak in support of the Portable Long Service Leave Legislation Amendment Bill 2024. As has been mentioned, there are constitutional barriers that prevent the Building and Construction Industry Long Service Payments Act 1986 and the Contract Cleaning Industry (Portable Long Service Leave Scheme) Act 2010 from applying to Commonwealth places.”
Mark Buttigieg ALP
“Damien Tudehope, the Hon. Bob Nanva and Ms Abigail Boyd. A priority for the Government is to improve entitlements for workers in New South Wales. The bill is an opportunity to do just that. I respond briefly to the points made by members during the debate.”
News articles and press releases
Portable Long Service Leave Legislation Amendment Bill 2024
Ms SOPHIE COTSIS, Minister for Industrial Relations — 2024-09-18
In practice, the New South Wales Government’s advice is that a constitutional barrier means that otherwise eligible work at a Commonwealth place is not recognised as service under the New South Wales Acts. This also means that new workers who first start building or cleaning work at a Commonwealth place cannot register in a portable scheme until they carry out work on non-Commonwealth place worksites. The practical effect of this is that many workers who do not stay with the same employer in the construction or cleaning industry and work at a Commonwealth place are placed at risk of losing access to the State’s portable long service leave scheme.